Wheat

  • Seed drill calibration.
  • Use of conventional, stubble and runner drill.
  • Preparation of on farm seed.
  • Sowing of recommended varieties at optimum time in rained and irrigated areas.
  • Use of certified/graded seed & adjusting seed rate according to sowing time.
  • Planting of wheat on beds.
  • Weed control practices.
  • Improving N-P ratio.
  • Irrigation management in rice and cotton belt.
  • Motivation for training.
  • Zero tillage techniques in rice belt.
  • Completing wheat sowing early.
  • Testing of soil fertility.
  • Use of chisel plough after every 3 years.
  • Use of disc plough & disc harrow.
  • Pre-sowing weed control by “dab” method.
  • Importance of land leveling.
  • Seed treatment for control of bunts & smuts.
  • Emphasis on optimum seed rate & early planting.
  • Use of balanced fertilizer according to soil fertility

Oct. 10 

To

Nov. 20

  • Production technology for late sown wheat.
  • Wheat sowing after rice with zero tillage technology.
  • Irrigation at crown root stage.
  • Weed control by means of Chemical & Mechanical methods.
  • Fertilizer.
  • Management of irrigation for wheat in rice belt.
Nov. 21 to Jan. 10
  • Irrigation at tillering stage.
  • Second dose of fertilizer.
  • Completing fertilizer application.
  • Aphid control measures.
  • Irrigation at booting stage.
  • Encourage bio-control.
  • Weed control in late sown wheat.

Jan. 11

To

Feb. 15

  • Keeping seed for next crop.
  • Irrigation at dough stage.
  • Efficient harvest of wheat with combine harvester or reaper & threshing with thresher.
  • Use of wheat straw chopper in combine harvested wheat fields.
  • Post harvest care and storage.
  • Rouging for off-type plants/weeds to purify seeds for next crop.

March 10

To

April 30

  • Moisture conservation in rained areas.
  • Organic matter conservation through raising green manuring crops and addition of F.Y.M. in irrigated areas as well as incorporation of pervious crop stubbles.

June

To

Sept.

  • Production technology for late sown wheat.
  • Wheat sowing after rice with zero tillage technology.
  • Irrigation at crown root stage.
  • Weed control by means of Chemical & Mechanical methods.
  • Fertilizer.
  • Management of irrigation for wheat in rice belt.

21st November
To

10th January

  • Irrigation at tillering stage.
  • Second dose of fertilizer.
  • Completing fertilizer application.
  • Aphid control measures.
  • Irrigation at booting stage.
  • Encourage bio-control.
  • Weed control in late sown wheat.

11th January

To

15th February

  • Keeping seed for next crop.
  • Irrigation at dough stage.
  • Efficient harvest of wheat with combine harvester or reaper & threshing with thresher.
  • Use of wheat straw chopper in combine harvested wheat fields.
  • Post harvest care and storage.
  • Rouging for off-type plants/weeds to purify seeds for next crop.

10th March

To

30th April